The ecosystems within Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state are diverse-from subalpine meadow to old-growth forest-and support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Mount Rainier describes and illustrates in full color each of these plant and animal species and explores the park's geological history, land use issues, native people, and past explorers-at once a traveler's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular and extraordinary national parks.
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George Wuerthner has written more than 20 books, including other National Parks Visitor's Companions. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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George Wuerthner is a professional photographer, writer and ecologist. He has written more than two dozen books on natural history and other environmental topics. He is currently the ecological projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Wuerthner has visited hundreds of mountain ranges around the West, more than 380 wilderness areas, more than 180 national park units, and every national forest west of the Mississippi.
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Great coverage of the park,
By Kevin M. Harwood "http://www.ThreeBearsLodge.net" (Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Mount Rainier: A Visitor's Companion (National Park Visitor's Companions) (Paperback)
This book has a great breadth of coverage on all things Mt. Rainier. We purchased one for each our 3 cabins at Mt. Rainier. Our guests enjoy flipping through it on their visits to the park.
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On a clear day, from almost anywhere in the southern end of the Puget Sound lowlands, you can see Mount Rainier floating like a cloud above the Cascades, almost too grand, too splendid, too ethereal to be made of ordinary materials like rock and ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breeding resident, brown hack, subalpine meadows, white wing bars, avalanche chutes, mid elevations, understory species, water shrew, erect shrub, mountain heather, whitebark pine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Rainier, Pacific Northwest, White River, Van Trump, Carbon River, Puget Sound, Park Service, North America, Stevens Canyon, Forest Service, United States, Spray Park, Camp Muir, Cascade Range, Mount Baker, Nisqually Glacier, Ohanapecosh River, State Route, Emmons Glacier, Native Americans, Pacific Ocean, Paradise Meadows, Tatoosh Range, Wonderland Trail, James Longmire New!
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On a clear day, from almost anywhere in the southern end of the Puget Sound lowlands, you can see Mount Rainier floating like a cloud above the Cascades, almost too grand, too splendid, too ethereal to be made of ordinary materials like rock and ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breeding resident, brown hack, subalpine meadows, white wing bars, avalanche chutes, mid elevations, understory species, water shrew, erect shrub, mountain heather, whitebark pine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Rainier, Pacific Northwest, White River, Van Trump, Carbon River, Puget Sound, Park Service, North America, Stevens Canyon, Forest Service, United States, Spray Park, Camp Muir, Cascade Range, Mount Baker, Nisqually Glacier, Ohanapecosh River, State Route, Emmons Glacier, Native Americans, Pacific Ocean, Paradise Meadows, Tatoosh Range, Wonderland Trail, James Longmire New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition (Highlights from American History) by Sanna Porte Kiesling on page 114, and page 141
- River Valley (People and Environments) by Robert Low on page 6, and page 7
- North America (Countries: Faces and Places) by Bob Temple on page 2
- The Oregon Trail by The Learning Company on page 14
- John Muir (The Wisconsin Experience) by Carole Marsh on page 201
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